Costs of producing clonal offspring and the effects of plant size on population dynamics of the woodland herb Uvularia perfoliata L. (Liliaceae)

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 907-919

  Wijesinghe, Dushyantha K ^a,b   Whigham, Dennis F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Reproductive costs; Reserve formation; Shade tolerant; Storage roots; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

CLONAL PLANT; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE;

LILIACEAE; UVULARIA PERFOLIATA;

EID: 0031438415     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960611     Document Type: Article

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